Our Mission
Exercise, Educate, Empower.
We strive to empower and support individuals impacted by Parkinson’s and related movement disorders with their care partners, families & healthcare professionals.
Our Pillars
Providing Support, Education,
and Care for Parkinson’s Disease
Community
Exercise
Respite
Education
Meet Our Staff
Kristin Rossi
Chief Executive Officer
Kellee Johnson
Director of Operations
Angee Ludwa, MPT
Director of Exercise
Julia Wall
Director of Education
Rita Dachs
Volunteer Coordinator
Katie Alexander
Special Events Manager
Stephanie Woznak, LMSW
Social Worker
Torrey Davenport, DPT
Northern Michigan Programs Manager
Jennifer Muscat, MSW
Program Outreach Coordinator
Not Pictured: Meri Sheen, Database Manager
Board of Directors 2023
Jeff Laethem
Chairman
Jason M. Schwalb, M.D., FAANS, FACS
President
Lawrence Millman, CPA
Treasurer
Deanna Hatmaker, MSA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Vice Chair
Brian True
Vice Chairman
Kristin Rossi
Chief Executive Officer
Paul A. Cullis, M.D.
Jeffrey Appel, Esquire
David Floore
Gary Gavin
Edwin B. George, M.D., Ph.D.
Suzanne Holguin, RN
Nate Jolliff, CSCP
Mary Sue Lanigan
Peter A. LeWitt, M.D.
Honorable Sara Schimke
Danette Taylor, DO, MS
Jacqueline Thompson
Richard Winkelman
Professional Advisory Board 2023
Surgical Director, Movement Disorder & Comprehensive Epilepsy Centers
Henry Ford Medical Group
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Wayne State University
President, Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative
CEO Blatt Rehabilitation Consultants
Henry Ford Health
Spectrum Health
Neurologist
Henry Ford Health
Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology, Director, Deep Brain Stimulation Clinic,
Co-Director, Movement Disorder Clinic, University of Michigan Medical Center
University of Michigan
BioMolecular Science (Cell and Molecular Biology)
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Residential Home Health
Michigan Institute of Neurological Disorders
Henry Ford Health System
Bronson Neuroscience Center
Harper University Hospital and the John D. Dingell Veterans Administration
Hospital in Detroit and is Director of the Movement Disorders Center at
Wayne State University and the John D. Dingell Veterans Administration Hospital;
Detroit Medical Center of Neurology
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology
and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Michigan State University School of Human Medicine and
School of Osteopathic Medicine
MSU Department of Neurology & Ophthalmology
Henry Ford Health System; Assistant Professor of Neurology,
Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Henry Ford Health System
Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Henry Ford Hospital.
Professor of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush Medical College
Associate Chair, Clinical and Translational Research
Director, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship
University of Michigan
Michigan State University
Department of Neurology
Covenant Health Care
Neurologist
Mercy Health and Munson Healthcare
Neurologist
Mercy Health and Munson Healthcare
Mercy Health Hauenstein Neurosciences
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Michigan
Yaroch Senior Services 408, LLC
Home Instead Senior Care®
Movement Disorders Surgery Program
University of Michigan Health System
Partnerships
Contact Us
More than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson's Disease.
You are not alone in your journey. We invite you to connect with us.
